Cubitus seem not so surprising after all. I found it particularly illuminating how Aquanaut, Neptune, even Sculpture and now Cubitus reflect a decades long effort by Patek to create offshoots and alternatives to Nautilus. (Reminds me a bit of a decades ol
How is 5712 not significant ? The group of complication (Date + moon phase + power reserve only), often referred to as Petite Complication was once was built on Calatravas. The 5015, 5054 and 5055 once had these groups of complications. Now no longer, as
…which is a real work horse caliber, very efficient and reliable. This micro rotor caliber is surely as good as any other big rotor one of the brand. As for the design of 5054 it is a question of personal taste and thus only you can decide if it is the on
I saw my Clifton points up the full moon. I discovered a nice 5054J. MP and as desert a wanted PRM. Not as you, i never dreamed about owning a Patek, albeit it would be a fun watch that is a fest for the eye. So i consider to get the 5054J. Sure, i want t
In china, a lot of people decontruct some pp, remove their movements and for making fake nautilus and aquanaut. These fake watches are very difficult to spot because they have real movement. At the beginning, people only decontruct some old ref like 5117,
Hi and thanks for the welcome! I have to say I agree entirely re the 5054 being undervalued. I appreciate the complications and the gorgeous hinged display back and the movement but it’s not really a watch I’d wear, just not my taste I guess. The 5134, ie
The 5134 would definitely be my pick of the 3 as it is a useful complication with a manual movement which I personally prefer to an automatic movement. But if you do want a watch with an automatic movement, you might want to consider the 5054 which to me
324 is actually a very good finished movement for the Pateks at the entry level price. Definitely machined (just like 99.99% all other brands), but definitely also hand finished/polished (not to a very high level of course). Otherwise, the milling marks w